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Use of motion peculiarities of test particles for estimating degree of coherence of optical fields
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Zenkova C.Yu., Gorsky M.P., Soltys I.V. and Angelsky P.O.

Abstract. We discuss interconnections between the depth of spatial inhomogeneity of energy distribution of the optical fields and the velocity of motion of test particles for the cases of different light scattering mechanisms during interaction with light. We suggest an additional tool for determining the degree of coherence of superposing waves that propagate along mutually orthogonal directions and have orthogonal polarisations, being linearly polarised in the incidence plane. The use of velocity of the test particles while estimating the degree of coherence of optical fields is suggested for the first time.

Keywords: degree of coherence, nanoparticles, Poynting vector, light scattering

PACS: 42.25.Kb
UDC: 535.41
Ukr. J. Phys. Opt. 13 183-195
doi: 10.3116/16091833/13/4/183/2012

Received: 26.07.2012

Анотація. У роботі обговорено взаємозв’язок між глибиною просторового розподілу енергії оптичного поля і швидкістю руху пробних частинок підчас їхньої взаємодії зі світлом за умов різних механізмів розсіяння світла. Запропоновано додатковий спосіб визначення ступеня когерентності хвиль, які інтерферують, поширюючись у взаємно ортогональних напрямках, і ортогонально-лінійно поляризовані в площині падіння. Використання швидкості руху пробних частинок для оцінки ступеня когерентності пропонується вперше.
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